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Amr Badr

HRD

Case HistoryStatus: Released on Bail

Rights:

#Civil & Political Rights

Violations:

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

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Amr Badr is a human rights defender and the editor-in-chief of Yanair news portal aimed at the documentation of human rights violations in Egypt.

Amr BadrCases

Released on Bail

Amr Badr

Case History: Amr Badr

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Statement

Egypt - Escalating judicial harassment against human rights defenders

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression #Impunity / Justice #Journalism

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

Statement

Egypt - Wave of arbitrary arrests against several human rights defenders

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Questioning / Interrogation

Location

A significant crackdown on civil society in Egypt has been taking place since 2014. HRDs face an extremely challenging situation due to restrictions imposed on civil society and peaceful public gatherings and protests, travel bans, the arrest and sentencing of HRDs, bloggers, journalists and protesters, as well as an ongoing smear campaign against human rights groups.